Patsy Widakuswara

Patsy Widakuswara is an Indonesian–American radio and broadcast journalist in the United States who covers the White House and U.S. politics. She is the White House Bureau Chief of Voice of America. An incident following VOA news director Robert R. Reilly's interview of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo resulted in her removal from the White House beat and subsequent reinstatement 11 days later. Widakuswara was a lead plaintiff in a successful case to overturn a Presidential order that the Voice of America should be shut down in March 2025.